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Haitians March for Their Lives. Will Congress Even Notice? [1]
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Date: 2025-05-27
This past week, protestors filled the streets of Port-au-Prince. They weren’t demanding luxury. They weren’t demanding favors. They were demanding medicine. They were demanding life.
People with HIV, many of them mothers and children, marched to demand access to antiretroviral drugs. Their clinics are empty. Their nurses are unpaid. And their government—and ours—has left them behind.
One protester held a sign that read: “Don’t Kill Us with Your Politics.” Another shouted through a megaphone, “We will not die quietly.” For decades, Haiti relied on American aid to prop up its fragile healthcare system. Now, with funding cut off, it’s collapsing in real time. The streets have become operating rooms. The protests are triage.
This is the downstream effect of the USAID collapse. And it didn’t happen overnight. It’s the result of years of calculated sabotage by American politicians who resent the very idea of global solidarity. And make no mistake—many of these protestors know exactly who to blame. They name names: Trump, Musk, Congress.
But this time, it’s different. Haitians are refusing to suffer in silence. They’re taking to the streets, demanding the world pay attention. Because if this moment passes without action, it will set a precedent: that mass death by neglect is an acceptable outcome of political infighting.
The question is: Will we listen? Or will we let them scream into the void?
We are Fighting Back . You Can Too.
The Alliance for American Leadership is tracking the impact of aid cuts, rallying support to restore funding, meeting with members of Congress, and reminding Americans of the real meaning of American leadership: decency, duty, and hope.
In just our first two months, we've recruited over 400 volunteers from 41 states, including 23 senior campaign strategists and the former Briefing Manager for the Kamala Harris Presidential Campaign.
We are on track to mobilize 5,000 volunteers by the 2026 midterm elections to fight for American leadership. We will resist fascism, restore USAID, and rebuild America’s role as a force for good in the world. This is our moment to lead with integrity and purpose, showing the world. What true American values are all about.
But behind every meeting, every voice, and every victory is the operational engine that makes it all possible — and right now, we need your help to keep it running.
We must raise $20,000 to sustain the operational infrastructure that powers this movement. That means funding our digital outreach and empowering the young, diverse, and working-class leaders who are too often left out of the fight. Your support keeps the lights on, the teams moving, and the pressure on Congress at full force.
If you want to stand with us:
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